83. Ibid.
84. Durkheim, E. 1997. The Division of Labor in Society. New York: Free Press.
85. Ibid.
86. Herman, N.J. and Reynolds, L.T. 1994. Symbolic Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology. New York: Altamira Press.
87. Ibid.
88. Durkheim, E. 1938. The Rules of Sociological Method. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, p. 110.
89. Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society.
90. Durkheim, E. 1951. Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, p. 48.
91. Ibid, p. 145.
92. Ibid.
93. Orcutt, J.D. 1983. Analyzing Deviance. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.
94. Durkheim, Suicide, p. 254.
95. Ibid, p. 247.
96. Orcutt, Analyzing Deviance.
97. Durkheim, Suicide.
98. Ibid.
99. Ibid.
100. Berger, P.L. and Luckmann, T. 1966. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor Books.
101. Cohen, S. 1972. Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers. London: MacGibbon and Kee Ltd., p. 9.
102. Goode, E. and Ben-Yehuda, N. 1994. Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, p. 41.
103. Tuchman, G. 1978. Making News: A Study in the Social Construction of Reality. New York: Free Press.
104. Bromley, D.G., Shupe, A.D., Jr. and Ventimiglia, J.C. 1979. “Atrocity tales, the Unification Church and the social construction of evil.” Journal of Communication, 29 (3), p. 43.
105. Bonn, S.A. 2010. Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the US War on Iraq. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
106. Erikson, K.T. 1966. Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: John Wiley & Sons, p. 5.
107. Kottler, S.A. 2010. The Lust for Blood: Why We Are Fascinated by Death, Murder, Horror, and Violence. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
108. Ibid, pp. 123–4.
109. Vasquez, A. 2010. “Enjoying depictions of serial killers or other dangerous criminals is not out of the ordinary, according to professors.” Vidette Online. April 13. Retrieved http://www.videtteonline.com/index.php/2010/04/13/fascination-with-criminal-activities-not-uncommon/
110. Ibid.
111. Hanson, H. 2012. “Murderabilia has Andy Kahan, victim advocate, up in arms.” The Huffington Post. Oct. 6. Retrieved http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/murderabilia-andy-kahan_n_1919258.html
112. Ng, C. 2011. “The business of ‘murderabilia’: Websites selling murder memorabilia.” ABC News, Nov. 7. Retrieved http://abcnews.go.com/US/business-murderabilia-websites-selling-murder-memorabilia/story?id=14896607
113. Ibid.
114. Ibid.
115. Hanson, “Murderabilia has Andy Kahan, victim advocate, up in arms.”
116. Hudson, D.L. 2004. “Son of Sam laws.” First Amendment Center. June 4. Retrieved http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/son-of-sam-laws
117. Ibid.
118. Ibid.
119. Ibid.
120. Ibid.
121. Ibid.
122. Ng, “The business of ‘murderabilia.’”
123. Kovaleski, “Backers give ‘Son of Sam’ image makeover.”
124. Ibid.
125. Durkheim, Suicide.
126. Warwick, A. 2006. “The scene of the crime: Inventing the serial killer.” Social & Legal Studies, 15, p. 553.
127. Stratton, J. 1996. “Serial killing and the transformation of the social.” Theory, Culture and Society, 13, p. 91.
128. Grixti, J. 1995. “Consuming cannibals: Psychopathic killers as archetypes and cultural icons.” Journal of American Culture, 18 (1), p. 87.
129. Warwick, “The scene of the crime,” p. 567.
130. Erikson, Wayward Puritans, p. 11.
131. Warwick, “The scene of the crime,” pp. 561–2.
132. Anders, C.J. 2011. “Why do we want to feel sorry for monsters that scare us?” i09.com Retrieved http://io9.com/5851413/why-do-we-want-to-feel-sorry-for-monsters-that-scare-us
133. Ibid.
134. Ibid.
135. Oleson, J.C. 2006. King of killers: The criminological theories of Hannibal Lecter, Part 1.” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 13 (1), p. 130.
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INDEX
A Nightmare on Elm Street 27
Acid Bath Murderer 87
Act-focused Killings 78–80
Alexander, Travis 214
Allen, Tobias 198, 209
American Psychiatric Association
(APA) 28, 41, 43, 52, 59, 71
Anomie 10, 139, 144–146, 148–149, 152, 211, 212–213, 215–216, 228
Antisocial Personality Disorders
Arias, Jodi 214
Travis Alexander 214
Arsenic and Old Lace 90
Atascadero State Hospital 165
Atrocity tales 155, 162, 163–164, 167, 175, 195, 229
Attica Correctional Facility 103–104, 108–109
Babiak, Dr. Paul 62, 63
Band, Dr. Stephen 53
Barthelemy, Melissa 35
Bates, Norman 219
Batman 7, 12
Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) 42, 53, 87
Beltway Sniper Attacks 13
Muhammad, John Allen 13
Malvo, Lee Boyd 13
Berkowitz, David xiii, xix, 4, 29, 34–35, 75, 79, 87, 97–114, 115, 122, 131, 150, 175–176, 181, 203, 208, 215–216, 224–225
Beth Nimmo 112
Betty Falco 98, 100
Daniel Lefkowitz 111
Donna Lauria 101
Elliott Leyton 100
Harvey, the Dog 79, 103, 106, 108
Jimmy Breslin 101, 102
Jody Valenti 101
Joseph Borrelli 102, 112
Joseph Coffey 112
Joseph Kleinman 98, 100
Michelle Forman 101
Richard David Falco 98
Robert Violante 103
RoxAnne Tauriello xix, 105, 110–111
Sam Carr 79, 103, 106
Scott Welch 110
Son of Sam ii, xvii, 4, 29, 34, 41, 79, 97–114, 131, 170, 177, 179, 181–182, 184, 193, 203–206, 208–209, 213, 215
Stacy Moskowitz 103
Summer of Sam 97, 216
Tony Falco 99
Berkowitz, Nathan 99
Berkowitz, Pearl 99
bin Laden, Osama 131
Bind, Torture, Kill (BTK) ii, xvii, 15, 25–26, 30, 69, 115–135, 152, 170, 172, 175, 178–179, 182–184, 187, 213
Black widow killer xiii, 77, 82, 90, 92
Blackwood, Dr. Nigel 71
Bluebeard wife killer 82
Bohannon, Tod 207
Bond, Dr. Thomas 38–39
Borrelli, Joseph 102, 112
Boston Strangler 40, 131, 177, 179, 182
Breslin, Jimmy 101, 102
Bright, Kathryn 120
Bright, Kevin 120
Brussel, Dr. James A. 39–40
Buffalo Bill 6, 219
Bundy, Ted xiii, xviii, 4–5, 8, 22, 24, 27, 32, 45–46, 61, 63, 65, 67–68, 75, 87–89, 122, 149, 151, 172, 187, 196, 197, 216, 221, 223, 228
Bush, George W. 163–164
Byrne, David 57
Cannibalism xv, xvii, 4, 10, 20, 44, 81–82, 171, 174, 175, 219, 227
Canter, Dr. David 50–52
Carbone, Dave xix, 188
Card, Orson Scott 69
Ender’s Game 69
&nbs
p; Carr, Sam 79, 103, 106
Carter, Jimmy 3
The Castle 84
Centre for Investigative Psychology 50–51
Charlie Chop-off 46
Cho, Seung-Hui 12
Cleveland Strangler 22
Co-ed Killer 25, 69, 87, 155, 164–167
Coffey, Joseph 112
Cohen, Stanley 158–160
Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog” 14
Collective consciousness 143, 147–148, 149, 152, 188, 211, 212–213, 215–216
Columbine High School Massacre 111
Darrell Scott 111–112
Rachel Scott 111–112
Comte, Auguste 156
Conflict theory 141
Contract killing 14, 17
Cooling off period 6, 8, 11, 12, 14–15, 120, 132–133
Corll, Dean 200, 207, 209
Craiglist Killer 172
Crime Action Profiling (CAP) 52–53
Criminal Investigative Analysis
(CIA) 37, 43–49, 49–50
Criminal Minds xviii, 37, 188
Criminal profiling i, 9, 37–55, 73, 74, 103, 139, 172
Criminal Investigative Analysis
(CIA) 37, 43–49, 49–50
Csejte Castle 92
CSI xviii, 37, 188
Dahmer, Jeffrey xiii, xvii–xviii, 4–6, 8, 30, 33, 66, 81–82, 85, 87, 88, 127, 149, 171, 174–176, 196, 219–221
Milwaukee Cannibal 174
Davis, Dolores 123, 125
De Burger, Dr. James 78, 86, 92
de Ecsed, Elizabeth Báthory 92
Csejte Castle 92
Dexter xvii, 4, 195, 227
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5) 59, 71
Dietz, Paula 117
Doctorow, E. L. 219
Donovan, William J. “Wild Bill” 39
Douglas, John 42, 89
Durkheim, Emile 140, 142–148, 148–152, 156, 212–213, 222
Egoism 144
El Dorado Correctional Facility 71, 118, 126
Ender’s Game 69
Factor X 131
Falco, Betty 98, 100
Falco, Richard David 98
Falco, Tony 99
Fatalism 144
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) 3, 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 13, 18–19, 25, 28, 32, 33–34, 37–38, 42–43, 44, 47, 48, 49–50, 50–51, 52, 53–54, 59, 62–66, 70, 73, 75, 76–77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 104, 106, 129, 170, 171–172, 185, 194
First Amendment 193, 203–206
Folk devils 159–163, 169, 173, 179, 184–185, 211, 216, 221